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The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
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SCOn ROGERS I The Times
Brenau University students make their way out of Pearce Auditorium Saturday, May 5, during the school’s 139th
commencement. Brenau is re-envisioning its Women’s College with new programs, including an all-female executive
training program; gender awareness, personal and professional development, service, leadership skills, global perspective,
and the advancement of women.
Brenau adds programs to help
female students, leaders succeed
Brenau University is reimagining
its 140-year-old Women’s College in
Gainesville, and will launch three
“signature” programs beginning next
year that aim to prepare today’s stu
dents to tackle the challenges of their
time.
According to a Dec. 13 press release
from the university, these programs
will focus on developing gender
awareness, personal and professional
confidence, service and leadership
skills and a global perspective for the
advancement of women.
Officials said they intend to “rede
fine and “re-conceptualize” the
student experience through two
undergraduate programs: GOLD and
The Ideal Collective.
Launching in the fall of 2019, GOLD
is an acronym with each letter focus
ing on a one-year study area for all
Women’s College students:
■ Gender: a year committed to
women’s empowerment
■ Ownership: a year focused on
personal responsibility
■ Leadership: a year dedicated to
preparing tomorrow’s leaders
■ Diversity: a year concentrating
on global citizenship
The Ideal Collective is designed as
an immersive, living-learning com
munity focused on transformative
leadership through collaborative,
project-based service learning.
According to university officials,
this two-year program will be open
only to juniors and seniors through a
competitive application process.
“The newly reimagined Women’s
College will incorporate academic
enhancements, as well, including
gender-focused training for faculty,
individual career planning, portfolio
development and mentoring for each
student, along with a prominent speak
ers series, capstone courses, seminars
and more,” the press release states.
Lastly, Brenau plans to launch an
Executive Women’s Masters of Busi
ness Administration graduate pro
gram. The first cohort is scheduled to
begin in January 2020.
“Women’s college graduates have
higher earning potential, greater lead
ership skills and greater self-esteem
than female graduates from coedu
cational institutions,” Brenau Presi
dent Ed Schrader said. “Through the
addition of these carefully curated
new programs, we are going to con
tinue Brenau’s legacy of providing
leading-edge support and education
for women.”
Joshua Silavent
Man charged
with vehicular
homicide for
Sept, wreck
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
An Auburn man was booked Dec. 11 on second-degree
vehicular homicide from a fatal September wreck in
Braselton.
Braselton Police investigated a wreck
Sept. 4 on Spout Springs Road and
Friendship Road. Officers found EMTs
working on Ethan Christopher Barrett,
38, who was on the ground near a green
Yamaha motorcycle.
Another man nearby, Kevin Hanson,
said he was traveling northbound on
Friendship Road and was trying to turn
left on Spout Springs Road.
“He stated that he noticed another vehicle traveling
towards him but waited for that vehicle to turn right on
Spout Springs. He stated after that vehicle turned, he pro
ceeded through the intersection and was struck in the pas
senger side by a green in color motorcycle being driven
by (Barrett),” according to the Braselton Police report.
Hanson said he did not see the motorcycle.
Barrett died Sept. 5, according to an online obituary.
Braselton Police did not know why Hanson was
arrested months after the incident.
Hanson is being held on a $8,030 bond.
No attorney information was available for Hanson
Thursday, Dec. 13, with Magistrate Court.
Hanson
Authorities: Gas
generator may
have killed couple
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
Authorities said they believe a gas-powered generator
inside the home of an East Hall couple may have contrib
uted to their deaths via carbon monoxide poisoning.
The bodies of the couple, Norman Reece, 43, and
Audrey Dahl, 35, were found Nov. 10 in their mobile
home by Reece’s 18-year-old son, who also lives in the
home on the 3500 block of Gaines Mill Road.
Deputy Coroner James Bell said the cause of death was
“carbon monoxide poisoning with drug(s) involved.”
“The couple had been running a gas-powered genera
tor inside the home. That may have been a contributing
factor that led to the carbon monoxide poisoning,” Hall
County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Scott Ware wrote in an email.
Deputy coroner James Bell previously told The Times
methamphetamine and fentanyl were found in the toxi
cology reports for the couple.
Brian Rochester
of Rochester &
Associates argues
for the development
of a subdivision on
Ponderosa Farms
Road during a Hall
County Commission
meeting on
Thursday, Dec. 13.
AUSTIN STEELE
The Times
PONDEROSA
■ Continued from 1A
The county’s staff report
on the project states that the
Hall County Comprehensive
Plan recommends a den
sity of 2 units per acre if the
development uses sanitary
sewer — and Hall County
sewer is planned for the
project.
“Despite the request being
inconsistent with the com
prehensive plan, the planned
residential development zon
ing classification is intended
to provide opportunities for
a more flexible placement,
arrangement and orienta
tion of residential struc
tures,” says the report.
Planning staff had rec
ommended approval of
the project with conditions,
including that the minimum
lot size is 4,400 square feet,
or about one-tenth of an
acre.
In pushing for the devel
opment, Rochester told
the commission, “We need
to continue to balance our
county. We need balanced
growth. We don’t want to
become a bedroom county,
but we also have to have
workers for our industry.”
Rochester said he was
speaking recently to “one of
our largest employers (who)
said one of his greatest
concerns is lack of housing
stock in Hall County.”
According to the staff
report, the project will
feature several amenities,
including a swimming pool,
tennis or pickleball courts
and a covered cabana with
restrooms.
Homes will be valued
in the mid-$300,000 range,
Rochester said.
OBITUARIES
Kathleen Gilmer Griffin
Died Dec. 12, 2018
Funeral services will be held Saturday,
Dec. 15, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Lebanon United
Methodist Church for Kathleen Gilmer Grif
fin, 93, of Gillsville. The Rev. Marshall Dale
and the Rev. Tim Lee will officiate.
Interment will follow in the church cem
etery. The family will receive friends Fri
day from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Ward’s Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Griffin passed away Wednesday Dec.
12,2018.
A native of Hall County and lifelong mem
ber of Lebanon United Methodist Church,
Mrs. Griffin was the daughter of the late
Tom and Cora (Buffington) Gilmer. She
was preceded in death by her husband, Rus
sell Griffin; son, Tommy Griffin; daughter,
Becky Griffin; grandson, Brandon Griffin
and son in law, Billy Teas.
Survivors include, daughter and son-in-
law, Joann and Harrison Clark; daughter,
Brenda Teas; grandchildren, Mickie and
Michael Westbrook, Andrea and Dane Jar-
rett, Randy and Jennifer Griffin, Rusty and
Karen Griffin; great grandchildren, Kate,
Ben and Blake Westbrook; Sam, Walt and
Maddie Jarrett; Will, Abby and Emma Grif
fin; Thomas and Rosemary Griffin; number
of nieces and nephews and special friend,
Nellie Rogers.
The family would like to extend a special
thank you to the staff of Bell Minor Home
for the special care that they gave to Mrs.
Griffin.
Online condolences may be sent to
wardsfh.com
Ward’s Funeral Home, Gainesville
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Dec. 14. 2018
James Hubert Marlowe
Nov. 2, 1932-Dec. 12, 2018
James Hubert Marlowe, age 86 of Mt.
Airy, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 12,
2018.
Born in Barrow County, Georgia, on Nov.
2, 1932, to the late Hubert Columbus Mar
lowe and Sara Carruth Fowler. He was a
member of Clarkesville First United Meth
odist Church where he served as a former
Sunday school teacher and Lay Leader. Mr.
Marlowe received an associate’s degree
from Young Harris College, a bachelor’s
degree in journalism and a master’s gegree
in guidance and counseling from the Univer
sity of Georgia. He proudly served his coun
try in the United States Army.
Mr. Marlowe worked as a station manager
and disc jockey for WCON in Cornelia dur
ing the mid-1950s. He was employed as the
first full-time Director of Public Relations
and Alumni Affairs for Young Harris Col
lege. Mr. Marlowe was a director of student
personnel services at North Georgia Techni
cal College starting in 1964. He later became
president of North Georgia Technical Col
lege in 1969 and worked until his retirement
in 1995. His term of 26 years distinguished
him as the longest serving president of that
institution.
Mr. Marlowe served as vice president of
the Georgia Vocational Association. He was
a member of the Georgia Association of
Local Administrators, the American Voca
tional Association and the Georgia Industrial
Developers Association. Mr. Marlowe was
a past member of the local Lions Club and
served as president. He served on the North
Georgia Technical College Foundation
Board of Trustees and as Emeritus Trustee.
He served on several local boards includ
ing the Habersham Medical Center Board
and the local airport authority. Mr. Mar
lowe was the founding father of the Georgia
Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL),
a program he created to honor outstanding
students in technical education. He was a
member of the Georgia Chamber of Com
merce Leadership Georgia from 1972-1973.
He was preceded in death by his wife,
Kathryn Cody Marlowe; stepfather, James
Fowler; brother, Bob Marlowe; sister, Joyce
Wood.
Surviving are his son and daughter-in-law,
Mike & Melody Marlowe of Clermont, Geor
gia; son, Tim Marlowe of Lexington, South
Carolina; granddaughter and spouse, Katie
& Austin Coleman of Gainesville, Georgia;
grandson, Cody Marlowe of Marietta, Geor
gia; several nieces and nephews; caregiver,
Shelia Carson of Demorest, Georgia.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2
p.m., Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, in the Chapel of
McGahee-Griffin and Stewart with the Rev.
Keith Cox and Dr. Phil DeMore officiating.
Interment will follow in Yonah Memorial
Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 5-8
p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations
to the North Georgia Technical College
Foundation, PO Box 65, Clarkesville, GA
30523.
An online guest register is available and
may be viewed at www.mcgaheegriffinand-
stewart.com
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral
Home, Cornelia
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Dec. 14, 2018
DEATH NOTICES
Betty Borders
Died Dec. 9, 2018
Betty Borders, 82, of Commerce died Sun
day. Memorial service, 11 a.m. Saturday,
Dec. 15, Mount Pleasant CME Church. Wim
berly & White Funeral Home, Commerce.
Dianne Dial Brown
Died Dec. 12, 2018
Dianne Dial Brown, 77, of Gainesville died
Wednesday. Funeral service, 11 a.m. Satur
day, Dec. 15, funeral home chapel. Little &
Davenport Funeral Home, Gainesville.
Herman
Eugene Dover
Died Dec. 12, 2018
Herman Eugene Dover, 87, of Gainesville
died Wednesday. Funeral service, 2 p.m. Sat
urday, Dec. 15, funeral home chapel. Memo
rial Park Funeral Home, Gainesville.
Thelma Jane Gary
Died Dec. 12, 2018
Thelma Jane Gary, 77, of Nicholson died
Wednesday. Funeral service, 2 p.m. Sat
urday, funeral home chapel. Little-Ward
Funeral Home, Commerce.
Junior Ledford
Aug. 18, 1942-Dec. 12, 2018
Junior Ledford, 76, of Mt. Airy died
Wednesday. Funeral service, 12 p.m. Sat
urday, Dec. 15, funeral home chapel.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home,
Cornelia.
Harry McCampbell
Died Dec. 12, 2018
Harry “Papaw” McCampbell, 91, of Toc-
coa died Wednesday. Habersham Crema
tory, Cornelia.
Barbara Jean Whiting Miller
Died Dec. 13, 2018
Barbara Jean Whiting Miller, 84, of
Gainesville died Thursday. Funeral service,
12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, funeral home
chapel. Memorial Park Funeral Home,
Gainesville.
Helen Bagley Morrison
Nov. 12, 1929-Dec. 12, 2018
Helen Bagley Morrison, 89, of Doraville
died Wednesday. Flanigan Funeral Home
and Crematory, Buford.
John Wesley Samuels
Died Dec. 9, 2018
John Wesley Samuels, 96, of Gainesville
died Sunday. Funeral service, 11 a.m. Fri
day, Dec. 14, St. John Baptist Church. Wim
berly Funeral Home, Gainesville.
Danny Lloyd Umberhant
April 26, 1954-Dec. 10, 2018
Danny Lloyd Umberhant, 64, of Com
merce died Monday. Funeral service, 1
p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, funeral home chapel.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home,
Cornelia.
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